TWO separate planning applications looking to build a total of 1,355 homes in Shepshed and Cotes have been submitted this week.

Pegasus Group has submitted an outline planning application on behalf of Jelson Ltd and Davidsons Developments Ltd to Charnwood Borough Council, proposing a mixed use development in Cotes containing 975 homes, 5.5ha of employment land, a new local centre, a new primary school, informal recreation, sewage treatment facility, sports pitches, allotments and the diversion of the A60 around Cotes alongside the partial closure of Stanford Lane.

The design and access statement for the development says Cotes “provides an exciting opportunity to deliver a sustainable, high quality mixed-use development” and that the vision for the development is “to provide a new neighbourhood of Loughborough, applying principles of the Garden Suburb to create a sustainable development of high design quality within a generous framework of green infrastructure”.

Meanwhile, in Shepshed, William Davis has put forward its plans for up to 380 homes off Tickow Lane, sitting behind its already approved application for 85 homes off Tickow Lane and Anson Road.

Both applications follow public exhibitions earlier this year, where residents were shown the plans.